04-07-2025
Pregnant Woman Shares Texts from Mother-in-Law Encouraging Her to 'Eat Less'
A woman who is 37 weeks pregnant says her future mother-in-law is encouraging her to watch what she eats
After learning the baby weighed nine pounds, she told her family — and she got a response via text
In a text exchange shared to Reddit, her fiancé's mother writes, "GIRL! Maybe not eating a lot until delivery? What you eat, she eats"A woman who is 37 weeks pregnant says her future mother-in-law is encouraging her to watch what she eats — despite the fact that her doctors haven't told her to lose weight.
The woman shared a text exchange between her and her fiancé's mother in a post on Reddit, writing, "I had an ultrasound today for my 37 week baby. She is already estimated to be almost 9 lbs—it's genetic on my side of the family to have larger babies."
"I don't have gestational diabetes," she adds. "I am a midsize/plus-size gal when not pregnant."
And yet, in a text exchange, the woman's future mother-in-law expressed shock that the baby weighed nine pounds, writing, "GIRL! Maybe not eating a lot until delivery? What you eat, she eats. I don't know anyone that has had a 9 lb. baby. Wow!"
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The woman writes that, in addition to the text thread, her fiancé's mother "has also stated that I should watch what I eat because I have diabetes (again—i do not) and complained during my first trimester to my fiancé that I was drinking a can of root beer daily (it was one of the few things that helped with nausea, so I would nurse one can for hours but I stopped drinking it daily when the nausea stopped around 18 weeks)."
"I'm pretty annoyed with her at this point and am considering not seeing her until after the baby is born," she adds. "My fiancé backs me 100% and doesn't think I'm overreacting, but that's sorta his job to support my hormonal, pregnant self. How would you feel if this was you?"
Others on Reddit say they would feel similarly, with one suggesting it might be time to put the mother-in-law "on an information diet."
"What's next, after the baby is born MIL wants to underfeed it because it's 'chubby'? She sounds awful," writes the commenter. "Your family should be supporting you at this time, not actively trying to shame you - because that's what she is doing."
The original poster responded: "My biggest concern is that she will eventually start body shaming my daughter. I won't stand for that and need to start laying the groundwork now."
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